Grab Bag (Little House on the Bowery)

Grab Bag is comprised of two interrelated novels, Dark Rides and Wish Book, from one of Canada s most important young writers. Both books are set in the same small rural city, in different eras (1950s, 1930s), each characterized by McCormack s spare and elliptical prose.

Derek McCormack s journalism has appeared in many publications across North America, including nest, Saturday Night, and the National Post. In 2001, he was nominated for a National Magazine Award for an article he wrote on Halloween. Wild Mouse, a book McCormack co-authored with poet Chris Chambers, was nominated for the 1999 Toronto Book Award. His new novella, The Haunted Hillbilly, will be published in Canada by ECW Press in Fall 2003.